Palm reader arrested for allegedly scamming woman out of $70K to 'banish demon'
01/03/2020 1:29 pm PST
via WGHP:
SOMERSET, Mass. (WGHP) -- A Massachusetts palm reader was arrested after police say she scammed a woman out of more than $70,000 to banish a demon, Somerset police say.
Tracey Milanovich, 37, of Somerset, is charged with six counts of obtaining property over $150 by trick, larceny over $1,200 and intimidation of a witness.
Police launched an investigation on Dec. 17 after a woman told officers Milanovich, of Tracy's Psychic Palm Reader, tricked her into giving the so-called psychic large sums of money.
Milanovich allegedly told the woman that her daughter was possessed by a demon. In order to banish the evil spirit, Milanovich had the victim buy her household items, like towels and bedding, and give her more than $71,000, police say.
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